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The mother of the teenager killed in the Bali bomb blasts is
flying to Singapore to be at the bedsides of her injured daughter
and critically ill former husband.

Brendan Fitzgerald, 16, from Busselton, 230 kilometres south of
Perth, died when a bomb ripped through the Kuta Square restaurant
where he was sharing a meal with his sister Jessica, 13, and
father, Terry, on Saturday night.

Jessica, regained consciousness yesterday after suffering burns
to the front of her body, but her father, who was also burned,
remains critically ill.

The pair were evacuated to Singapore overnight, where they
joined three other Australian victims.

Brendan's uncle Mark Warren today said the children's mother,
Lisa Fitzgerald, and Terry's parents, Trevor and Win, were due to
fly from Perth to Singapore this morning.

He said Terry was evacuated to Singapore from Bali about 5pm
(WST) yesterday and Jessica arrived on a later flight.

"They have both gone to Singapore and they are there," Mr Warren
said.

"I know that Jessica's mum and grandparents are flying to
Singapore this morning."

Terry and Jessica are thought to be undergoing treatment at
Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

Three other Australians - thought to be Paul and Peni Anicich
and Bruce Williamson - are being treated at Singapore General
hospital. The three, all from Newcastle, are understood to be in a
stable condition.

Lisa Fitzgerald would stay in Singapore with her surviving
family as long as possible, Mr Warren said.

"She is devastated, poor girl," he said.

"You can't imagine the grief.

"To lose your baby boy. He was such a beautiful kid too."

Mr Warren said Jessica, who as of yesterday did not know of her
brother's death nor the extent of her father's injuries, would
struggle to come to terms with the reality of the situation.

"She's a sweetie. She's going to be a bit devastated by this.
They were like peas in a pod that brother and sister," he said.

"Brendan was a very polite mature young man at 16. He loved his
family. He loved his sister. He was never a needy or horrible sort
of kid. He was always a really nice kid with a lot of promise.

"And Terry - Terry loves his kids. Obviously, he had his job and
his career but other than that his main interest was his kids.

"It is going to be very hard on Terry. As a parent you are going
to say 'If only I hadn't taken them to Bali.' "

Brendan and Jessica lived in Busselton with their mother, while
Mr Fitzgerald had moved to Perth where he worked as a real-estate
agent.

Brendan was a student of Busselton Senior High School, while his
sister attends Georgiana Molloy Anglican School.

Mr Warren, who is married to Mr Fitzgerald's sister Michelle,
said there had been no talk of funeral arrangements for his
popular, athletic, cricket-mad nephew.

"We don't even know when the body may be returned to Australia,"
he said.

"The indication from federal police was that it would be at
least a week because they needed to do blood tests and DNA and
fingerprinting and be absolutely sure of the identity before he is
repatriated."

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